Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for March 02
Yesterday Tomorrow
| March 2, 1774 |
Georgia's lower house passes a resolution reappointing Benjamin Franklin as colonial agent. |
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Benjamin Franklin |
| March 2, 1775 |
Battle of the Rice Boats |
| March 3, 1775 |
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Georgia and the American Revolution
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| March 2, 1948 |
Roy Barnes born, Cobb County, Georgia
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| March 2, 1975 |
Sometimes called The Governor's Tornado, Atlanta's upscale north side, including the Governor's mansion, bears the brunt of tornadoes that killed three and caused 56 million dollars in damage
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Georgia Tornadoes |
| March 2, 1981 |
Jo-Jo Bell, 16, strangled.
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| March 2, 2005 |
Leah Ward Sears elected first woman Chief Justice of Georgia's Supreme Court |
| March 2, 2005 |
Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Krause revealed an earlier ChoicePoint fraud in which the identities of 7,000 to 10,000 victims were exposed to thieves in 2002.
ChoicePoint chief executive Derek Smith told The Associated Press in an interview in February, 2005, that the company had never been victimized by this kind of criminal operation before. |
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ChoicePoint scandal |
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